The matter is still unsettled, but here’s what we know: ![]() However, DNA evidence suggests that the Pharaoh Hound is not an ancient breed at all, but only a few hundred years old. After all, it looks just like depictions of the jackal god Anubis in ancient Egyptian tombs, and descriptions of hunting dogs of the time seem to describe Pharaoh Hounds. ![]() Here’s the problem: Everybody has long assumed that the Pharaoh Hound is among the most ancient of breeds. And now even its ancient heritage has been called into question. One Pharaoh owner returned to her car to find a crowd ogling the two “deer” looking out the windows. Before the racehorse American Pharoah, people were misspelling the Pharaoh Hound’s name for years. And even misidentifying the breed.
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